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A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization CollapsedIn 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo—Armageddon in the New Testament—which the Bible says was fortified by King Solomon. Their excavations made headlines around the world and shed light on one of the most legendary cities of biblical times, yet little has been written about what happened behind the scenes. Digging Up Armageddon brings to life one of the most important archaeological expeditions ever undertaken, describing the site and what was found there, including discoveries of gold and ivory, and providing an up-close look at the internal workings of a dig in the early years of biblical archaeology.The Chicago team left behind a trove of writings and correspondence going back more than three decades, from letters and cablegrams to cards, notes, and diaries. Eric Cline draws on these materials to paint a compelling portrait of a bygone age of archaeology. Cline masterfully sets the expedition against the backdrop of the Great Depression in America and the growing troubles and tensions in British Mandate Palestine. He gives readers an insider's perspective on the debates over what was uncovered at Megiddo, the infighting that roiled the expedition, and the stunning discoveries that transformed our understanding of the ancient world.Digging Up Armageddon is the enthralling story of an archaeological site in the interwar years and its remarkable place at the crossroads of history.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Megiddo Expedition --- Megiddo (Extinct city) --- Antiquities. --- Bible Map and Spade. --- Bronze Age. --- Canaanites. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Flinders Petrie. --- Gezer. --- Great Temple. --- Hazor. --- Howard Carter. --- Israel. --- Jericho. --- Jezreel Valley. --- Kathleen Kenyon. --- King Tut’s tomb. --- Masada. --- Max Mallowan. --- Mesha Inscription. --- Rachel Hallote. --- Solomon’s Stables. --- Tel Dan Stele. --- Thutmose III. --- Tutankhamun. --- William Foxwell Albright. --- Yigael Yadin. --- biblical archaeology.

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In 1922, Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time, the only light coming from the candle in his outstretched hand. Urged to tell what he was seeing through the small opening he had cut in the door to the tomb, the Egyptologist famously replied, "I see wonderful things." Carter's fabulous discovery is just one of the many spellbinding stories told in Three Stones Make a Wall. Written by Eric Cline, an archaeologist with more than thirty seasons of excavation experience, this book traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader on a tour of major archaeological sites and discoveries. Along the way, it addresses the questions archaeologists are asked most often: How do you know where to dig? How are excavations actually done? How do you know how old something is? Who gets to keep what is found? Taking readers from the pioneering digs of the eighteenth century to today's exciting new discoveries, Three Stones Make a Wall is a lively and essential introduction to the story of archaeology.

Civilization, Ancient. --- Antiquities. --- Archaeology --- Archaeologists --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Methodology. --- History. --- 3rd millennium BC. --- Aegean civilizations. --- Amenhotep III. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Ancient Greece. --- Antechamber. --- Anthropologist. --- Archaeological site. --- Archaeology. --- Bedouin. --- Bible. --- Bronze Age. --- Building. --- Burial. --- Cave painting. --- Civilization. --- Clay tablet. --- Coffin. --- Dead Sea Scrolls. --- Dendrochronology. --- Ebla. --- Egyptian hieroglyphs. --- Egyptians. --- Egyptology. --- Epigraphy. --- Excavation (archaeology). --- Exploration. --- Faience. --- Figurine. --- Finding. --- Gold leaf. --- Heinrich Schliemann. --- Herculaneum. --- Herodotus. --- Hittites. --- Hominini. --- Howard Carter. --- Indiana Jones. --- Ingot. --- Ishi. --- Jews. --- John Lloyd Stephens. --- Kennewick Man. --- Khufu. --- Knossos. --- Laetoli. --- Lascaux. --- Leather. --- Looting. --- Machu Picchu. --- Mary Leakey. --- Mastaba. --- Mesoamerica. --- Minoan civilization. --- Moche culture. --- Mosul Museum. --- Mummy. --- Mycenae. --- Mycenaean Greece. --- Nazca Lines. --- Neolithic. --- New Kingdom of Egypt. --- Nimrud. --- Nineveh. --- Old Kingdom of Egypt. --- Olmec. --- Paleolithic. --- Pharaoh. --- Pompeii. --- Pottery. --- Priam's Treasure. --- Qumran. --- Radiocarbon dating. --- Remote sensing. --- Roman Empire. --- Ruler. --- Santorini. --- Scientist. --- Sennacherib. --- Seriation (archaeology). --- Sherd. --- Step pyramid. --- Stone tool. --- Stratigraphy. --- Suggestion. --- Technology. --- The Archaeologist. --- The Various. --- Thutmose III. --- Tikal. --- Tiryns. --- Tomb. --- Trojan War. --- Tutankhamun. --- UNESCO. --- Uluburun shipwreck. --- World Heritage Site. --- World War II. --- Writing. --- Yigael Yadin.